OPTION THREE:
CHAP submitted to Akron Council as humane, successful alternatives to their
kill/kill, nonproductive ordinance

Program Description:The City of Akron would contract with Humane Organizations to provide
sterilization services and trapping assistance for feral cats. This program
is based on a successful program in Cleveland.

Expenses:
This would be dependent upon the amount of services required. Below is a
breakdown of how different cities in the Cleveland area set up their program.

* Parma Heights has City employees do the trapping and log the numbers. The APL
checks the logs and oversees the program. The APL spay/neuters the cats and
Parma Heights pays $16 per cat.

* South Euclid has volunteers trap the cats and bring them to the APL for
spay/neuter.

* Oakwood Village has the APL perform a mass trapping in the spring for three
weeks. They did 30 cats in April.

* The APLís goal is to spay/neuter 1,000 cats the first year. They may revise
their goal after careful review of the number of cats sterilized and the number
of complaints. The APL hasexperienced very little
public opposition to this program.

* Mr. Matt Granito, the APL Director, speaks to city councils in
Cuyahoga County to gain support for non-lethal cat control measures, but the APL
will not provide services of picking up and destroying cats unnecessarily
anymore.

* This plan includes a $10,000 education program on responsible pet care and
spay/neuter.

Staffing:Once again, this depends upon the setup of the program. This option could
entail Animal Control being involved in the trapping or it could be arranged
directly with a humane organization.